Sophie van Winden
Actor · Born November 24, 1983 (42) · Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sophie van Winden was born in Amsterdam but spent her first years in a small village in France. Later on, she moved with her parents to Leiden, where she got her younger brother and sister. Since she was only seven years old, she attended theatre classes in Amsterdam. Her parents used to have an antiquarian bookstore, so she grew up between stories. In 2001 she graduated from the Stedelijk Gymnasium and attended the Theatre Academy in Maastricht. In her last year of the academy, she got her first part in a feature film Leef! (2005) for which she won a Golden Calf for Best Supporting Actress. Since then she acted in several feature films, television series and theatre plays. In 2005 she became a member of the Noord Nederlands Toneel, two years later she joined the National Theatre, where she played leading roles in Romeo and Juliet, Tirza, Bed Bound and Faust, all directed by Johan Doesburg. While achieving many successes on stage, Sophie continued filming as well. During these years she also starred in the television series Rembrandt en ik (2011) directed by Marleen Gorris, as the wife of Rembrandt van Rijn, Saskia van Uylenburgh, a very tragic and pure role. She played a very down to earth character in the art-house movie Code Blue (2011), directed by Urszula Antoniak. From 2011 she left the National Theatre to play the title role in Eileen (2011) in the jungle of Ecuador and Colombia, where she played a Farc soldier. She learned Spanish for this role and achieved rave reviews. Then she played the role of the robust detective Caya Middelburg in the popular television series Overspel (2011), the disturbed and sexy Tamara Breton in Real Estate Embezzlement (2013), the brave Magdalena in the historic costume drama Kenau (2014), directed by Maarten Treurniet and the cool pedestrian Lizzy in Prey (2016), the comic action thriller from Dick Maas. She can be seen in one of the main parts in the television series Ik weet wie je bent (2018), directed by Hanro Smitsman and Thomas Korthals Altes and as Ella in the short film Child (2018) from Joren Molter.
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Biography from IMDb.
- November 24, 1983 (42)
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Actor
- 3 on MovieCove · 26 credits in all
What are Sophie van Winden's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 2
Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 2
Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 3
Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Heroas Lizzy Storm in Prey (2016)
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Sophie van Winden's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Sophie van Winden's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
26 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Alpha 00 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Máxima (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Othala (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Doctor Roman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
(Your) Moral Courage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Commandos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Heer & Meester: De Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
I know who you are (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Zenith (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
The Blood Pact (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Prey(2016)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Kenau(2014)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Heer & Meester (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Red (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
20 Lies, 4 Parents and a Little Egg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
De ontmaskering van de vastgoedfraude (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Moordvrouw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Code Blue(2011)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
De Troon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Thirteen in the War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Happy End (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Flikken Maastricht (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Spoorloos verdwenen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Gooische Vrouwen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Leef! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Career shape
Star power in the 77th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 26 titles from 2005 to 2026; peak year 2016.
Film career
Peak 2016 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2011Screen debut· Code Blue
- 2016First top-billed film· Prey
How do Sophie van Winden's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 30th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 29th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 3 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the acting 63/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 67, detractors 50. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Sophie van Winden work with?
People who share at least 2 of Sophie van Winden's MovieCove titles; Jan Vrints shares the most, 2.
- Jan VrintsShared titles: Prey (2016), Kenau (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Jan Vrints